Chapter 13
LEANING out of the window, Jim shouted. Either the man could not or would not hear. Turning quickly, Jim snatched up an overcoat and flew down the stone stairs of the flat. When he came out into the street, the saunterer had disappeared.
Jimmy saw a policeman coming toward him and beckoned him, and the man hurried, surmising by his undressed appearance a possible burglary. Rapidly Jim introduced himself and put his question to the officer.
"A man in a light overcoat, sir? Yes, I saw one; he was walking on the other sidewalk, and he got into a car just before you came out. In fact, there is the car"— he pointed to the back of a machine which was disappearing in the distance. "Have you lost anything?"
"No, no," said Jim impatiently. "Did you notice the car... what it was like.
